Markas1976
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This is my EGL-21 droid build nothing fancy a quick build but very effective ☺
My EGL-21 droid build
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Markas1976
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So for EGL-21 I decided this water butt would be ideal for his body. I'd been in my local hardware shop for other stuff and seen it before but then I wasn't thinking about this build. I went up and it was still there so I got it the most costly part of this droid to make lol £27.
It's around 4ft tall roughly.
Markas1976
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So I got this item home got the sticker off of it and got to work ☺
Markas1976
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Bought a couple of good sized food storage tubs for his feet from a local handy man store just a few UK pounds smile
Seth Skywalker
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Yay! Another one
. Seriously though, you have incredible skill and creativity. Its fun watching every time you get a new build. Good luck!
. Seriously though, you have incredible skill and creativity. Its fun watching every time you get a new build. Good luck!
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Markas1976
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Thanks seth I appreciate all of you and other people's comments it's always nice to see appreciation and interest it can help keep ya going at times ☺. I seen this droid as an easy and cheaper build option but ya still have to give it a good effort like with every build.
Markas1976
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I had half the black ribbed piping that I bought for gonk's legs so I used those for EGL-21 of course smile.
But in pics he is mostly all grey where I've seen old gonk ones where gonk has black legs and feet so I went total grey on EGL-21 to add some difference between them which is kind of accurate anyway
Markas1976
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Then EGL-21's little face section like gonk I used a baking tray this one tho is shorter and narrower I think it's around 5 inch tall by mabye 3inch wide approx not 100% sure but that's close ☺
Markas1976
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EGL-21's body get a spray paint what a difference that makes I used the same colour as used for gonk grey matt spray paint a very nice finish indeed. This droid is only in the force awakens briefly but gonk isn't seen that much more really in the originals if honest.
Markas1976
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Time to cut the hole for the small face piece of this droid
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That's that done ☺
Markas1976
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There is meant to be a small sticky out bit at his top right side I've gone for a small light that flashes there the same type I used on gonk.
Looks fine and as normal a light here and there Brings life to a prop
Markas1976
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Then bk onto his legs I've gone for a wooden pole I got in nearby local woods lol. Then cut it to 2 same sized lengths for inside each leg and added the remaining black piping I had left from gonk's legs over the top of them ☺
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You get the idea ☺
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This is his feet coloured in and holes in them for logs to go into before ribbed piping is put over top of them
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Pretty basic I know but even easy things can be fun to make ☺
Markas1976
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Slight greyish spray on the ribbed piping
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Ready to add on now
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And that's his legs onto his body I just had to cut 2 holes at his base and since he had less material to cut onto I had to be quite accurate as this object is thin compared to the storage tubs used for gonk
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Better angle
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Attached a side light too
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He is nearly done EGL-21 was just going to be a quick build and to help bolster my starwars garden I'm gona create but I think he looks cool the matt grey gives him a cool yet nostalgic look ☺
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Added a pipe to his side
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I also added material to round bit on his face it was off a old stereo speaker to give it just that look on his face bit and sprayed it grey too. The round shaped bit sticking out on his face is just a small cut bit of plastic piping sprayed grey also and covered the end of it that u see with the material from the stereo speaker
Markas1976
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Put a ariel on top just a cut off from a old fishing rod then sprayed silver lol
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The black side pipe I added I then sprayed silver to look more real
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There he is may I present EGL-21 a nice quick build I would have put this pics all up sooner but I'm just bk from tenerife in the canary Islands
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That's the bit of fishing rod sprayed silver nice and simple
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Nice and simple a lot of the best things are
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Me with my latest prop EGL-21 ☺
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Me with my previous 2 builds Gonk and the tie fighter plus EGL-21 there
Put a ariel on top just a cut off from a old fishing rod then sprayed silver lol
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The black side pipe I added I then sprayed silver to look more real
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There he is may I present EGL-21 a nice quick build I would have put this pics all up sooner but I'm just bk from tenerife in the canary Islands
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That's the bit of fishing rod sprayed silver nice and simple
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Nice and simple a lot of the best things are
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Me with my latest prop EGL-21 ☺
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Me with my previous 2 builds Gonk and the tie fighter plus EGL-21 there
Markas1976
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Pictures here is my 2 daughters with EGL-21 my latest build of course along with gonk, bb8 and the original prop I 1st made the speeder bike ☺
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Another nice pic of a bunch of my builds with myself and EGL-21 in it too
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And finally the last pic I'm gona put up is the latest entry to a local paper
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There I am with my daughters and a bunch of my props over the past year
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